Mosio Adds The Human Touch To Search On The Go
January 10, 2008
Hot on the heels of our last review (don’t worry ChaCha, we still love you), we have yet another way to get access to information on the go - Mosio.com [warning PC Link]. Like ChaCha Mobile, Mosio relies on text messages (or email) for sending your query and receiving your answer. So if you are looking for the results in the latest Election Primary to see if it’s gonna be Obama or Clintion, real people actually research your question and provide you with an answer.
The big difference between ChaCha and Mosio is that with Mosio’s service, answers are actually researched and answered by really real people - as in, other Mosio members. Not saying that they may be incorrect, we’re just saying. You never know what you might get in return. By default answers are limited in number to 4, a setting that you can change if you desire. For the record, most of the questions and answers that we perused seemed to be on the straight and narrow.
We signed up for our account and everything is as it should be. Give them your cell phone number and email address so they can validate that you are who you say you are. There’s a couple of settings that you can update (if you want to become a QNA agent, you can even have Mosio text message or email you when other Mosio members ask questions just in case you want to research on the go. We went ahead and signed up for the text message option so we can help as many people as we can, you know, with our big hearts and all.) Wanna see what other inquiring minds are up to? Navigate to their homepage to view all of the latest questions being asked and answered by their members.
The site incorporates a number of other social networking-type features, similar to Twitter and Facebook. You can send in an FYI alerting other Mosio users as to where you will be, etc. You can even link your Twitter and other IM services to your Mosio account. The service is still in beta, and as such, more is “coming soon”.
I love this idea of just texting in questions when you need information instead of trying to go find it for myself (what’s that you say? Lazy? Nah….) We liked most of what we found here, and it’s pretty high on the cool factor. If we had to find two flaws in the service, it’s that we couldn’t find a mobile version of the site (to this we say, DUH! How could you overlook this Mosio? And if you have one, forgive us, but could you at least make it a little easier to find?) and the fact that you have to sign up for the service before you can use it. This would necessitate the use of your PC, which kind of defeats the purpose to an extent, don’t you think?
UPDATE: Mosio has alerted us to the fact that a mobile version of their site is indeed in the works. Keep your eyes peeled, we’ll let you know when it launches.
UPDATE #2: Thanks again to the folks down at Mosio. You can sign up for their service via your mobile phone. Simply text in your question to ask@mosio.com. You’ll get a confirmation text back asking for your email address. Once you send in your email address, your question will go through. Cool!
Written by Michael Guccione · Filed Under All, Mobile Internet
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2 Responses to “Mosio Adds The Human Touch To Search On The Go”
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Jay on
January 10th, 2008 5:25 pm
Hey guys, thanks so much for the post! Just wanted to let you know you can join via SMS, just send in your question to ask@mosio.com, you’ll get a confirmation text back asking for your email address. Once you send in your email address, your question will go through. Wap/Mobile version on the way. Have a nice day!
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Michael Guccione on
January 10th, 2008 5:55 pm
Thanks for clarifying that, I must have missed that initially. You guys have a pretty good idea, we wish you the best. And hurry up with that mobile version
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